Dong Tien Nguyen was arrested after agents executed a search warrant on a Sugar Land residence, where officials found a sophisticated marijuana growing operation.
Photo: Fort Bend County

Dong Tien Nguyen was arrested after agents executed a search...

This Jan. 26, 2013 photo taken at a grow house in Denver shows a marijuana plants ready to be harvested. Last fall, voters made Washington and Colorado the first states to pass laws legalizing the recreational use of marijuana and setting up systems of state-licensed growers, processors and retail stores where adults over 21 can walk in and buy up to an ounce of heavily taxed cannabis. Both states are working to develop rules for the emerging recreational pot industry, with sales set to begin later this year.(AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
Photo: Ed Andrieski, STF

Agents uncovered a sophisticated growing operation in a Sugar Land house, arresting two men and seizing marijuana valued at $824,000, officials said.

Don Tien Nguyen, 40, of Sugar Land, and Duyet Nguyen, 41, of Houston, were arrested Friday after Fort Bend County narcotics investigators searched the residence at 3200 Summer Bay Drive. The men were charged with possession of marijuana.

The Fort Bend County Narcotics Task Force initiative composed of local and federal agencies executed a search warrant on the house and found a sophisticated indoor marijuana operation in five rooms of the house. The agents found 206 marijuana plants, indoor growing lights, scales, water pumps, fans, inverters and assorted equipment used for manufacturing, packaging and selling marijuana.

Both men were released on $50,000 bond from the Fort Bend County Jail Saturday.